INDIA MEXICO in
A Monthly Newsletter | Vol. III, No. 3 | March 2019
India-Mexico trade Reaches a new milestone Crosses US$ 10.15 billion in 2018 “ We are at the finest moment in our relations with Mexico. 74% growth in bilateral trade in three years (2016-18) is remarkable and unprecedented�. Muktesh K. Pardeshi Ambassador of India to Mexico
Holi: Festival of Colours
General Elections 2019, India
In this Issue LEAD STORIES General Elections 2019, India El Embajador Muktesh Pardeshi se reúne con la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores Asia-Pacífico-África Ambassador of India unveiled the Honorary Consulate of India in Monterrey Holi: Festival of Colours BUSINESS India-Mexico Bilateral trade crossed USD 10 billion India-Mexico Priviledged Partnership Business Seminar Oil and Gas Alliance India-Mexico Bilateral Committee at COMCE CULTURAL CONNECT Kathak Presentation Students of GTICC performed at Charity Event organized by the Asian Women’s Cub of Mexico City Cumbre Tajín 2019 International Festival for Ethnic Groups 1er Encuentro Nacional Cultural de Jóvenes Lectores y Escritores Gandhi@150 Showcasing the Mexican ‘Textiles of Chiapas’ at Delhi Ambassador visited the oldest winery in Mexico, Casa Madero National Book Trust. Creating a reading society IN MEDIA Es Mario Laborín Cónsul de la India. Becan a oaxaqueño para estudiar dos años en la India El Ejemplo indio India-Mexico bilateral trade breaks record; touches $10 billion India y México: Una relación en crecimiento Comercio entre India y México alcanza 10 mil millones de dólares Hay potencial en materia de energía en el sureste: Embajador FORTHCOMING EVENTS
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General Elections 2019, India
The largest democracy of the world-India votes from 11 April to 19 May in its 17th general elections.
El Embajador Muktesh Pardeshi se reúne con la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores Asia-Pacífico-África
El Embajador Muktesh Pardeshi se reunió con integrantes de la Comisión de Relaciones Asia-Pacífico-África en donde se reconoció el papel que desempeña India a nivel internacional y se destacaron las seis décadas de amistad entre ambos países. Durante este tiempo, se ha privilegiado la continuación del diálogo político de alto nivel que logró elevar las relaciones a “asociación estratégica” que ha promovido inversiones recíprocas y la ampliación de las ya existentes. Esto,
ha llevado a que India se convierta en el octavo socio comercial de México. Así mismo, se resaltaron las oportunidades en materia energética e intercambio tecnológico. En esta cordial conversación participó la Presidenta de la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores, Asia-Pacífico-África, Senadora Cora Cecilia Pinedo Alonso; el Senador José Luis Pech Várguez, Integrante de la misma Comisión y el Senador Ovidio Peralta Suárez. India in Mexico • March 2019
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Ambassador of India unveiled the Honorary Consulate of India in Monterrey
Ambassador Muktesh Pardeshi unveiled the Honorary Consulate of India in Monterrey by presenting a copy of the Commission of Appointment from the President of India to Mr. Mario Laborin Benavides, India´s new Honorary Consul in Monterrey.The programme was attended by senior representatives of the Government of Nuevo Leon, Consular Corps, Indian community and prominent businessmen.
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Holi: Festival of Colours
Holi is a popular ancient festival in India. It is popularly known as the Indian "festival of spring", the "festival of colours", or the "festival of love". This festival signifies the arrival of spring, the end of winter and the blossoming of love. It lasts for a night and a day starting on the evening of the Full Moon day falling in the Hindu calendar, which falls around middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. The ritual starts by lighting up the bonfire one day before the day of Holi and this process symbolizes the triumph of good over the bad.
Holi @ Embassy of India, Mexico City The Embassy of India, Mexico family celebrated Holi with beautiful colours, sumptuous dishes and evergreen Holi songs on 21st March at the Embassy premises. Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre started the month of Holi by hosting a celebration among its teachers and students.
Holi by Indian Association of Mexico
Indian Association of Mexico celebrated a colourful Holi with great fun and frolick in beautiful La Marquesa park in Mexico City. About 300 Indians and Mexicans participated in this festival of colours. FB: @IndoMexAssociation
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India-Mexico Bilateral trade crossed USD 10 billion mark in 2018 Mexico has been an important economic and commercial partner of India since a long time. In the 1960s, India’s efforts to achieve food security were greatly assisted by the high-yielding hybrid wheat seed, Sonora, created by Norman Borlaug and his team in CIMMYT, Mexico. India and Mexico are now writing a new chapter in the history. In 2018, India-Mexico bilateral trade crossed USD 10 billion (sourceCentral bank of Mexico) and Mexico became the most important trading partner of India in Latin American region surpassing Brazil (source-Ministry of Commerce, India).
of “Strategic Partnership”.
The trade between the two nations with millennial civilizational history was indeed growing well but the major impetus was received when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Mexico in June 2016. This was first such high level visit since 2008. The Prime Minister was received very warmly by the then President of Mexico. The visit raised the level and frequency of political dialogue between the two countries, keeping with the importance which we attach to each other. The Joint Statement issued during the visit conveyed desire of the two sides to upgrade the bilateral relations to the level
Trade balance has remained in the favour of India since 2014 as reported by Mexico. For 2018, the trade balance was 308 million USD in India’s favour. Indian exports registered a 4.2% growth from 5.02 billion USD to 5.231 billion USD in 2018. Our total imports registered 47% growth while only the non-oil imports registered 65% growth from Mexico. Our exports growth has suffered primarily because of the suspension on dry chilies import by Mexico since May, 2017, a market of at least 50 million USD for India.
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In 2008, the total trade amounted to 2.98 billion USD. In last 10 years, the total trade has increased 240% out of which 58% came in the last 2 years since 2016. The trade increased from 6.4 billion USD in 2016 to 10.16 billion USD in 2018. About 10 years back, India was not even amongst the top 20 trading partners of Mexico but in 2018, India figures as 9th most important global trading partner. India entered the league of top 10 trading partners of Mexico in 2017.
Inside the trade basket From Indian side, the biggest item of export has continued to be vehicles and auto-parts since 2012, when it surpassed the electrical machineries. In 2012, we exported 466 million USD worth of commodity, which rose to 1.989 billion USD in 2017 rising by 327%. In 2018, we sold only 1.7 billion USD worth of commodity. India is the second biggest supplier of motorcars and other transport vehicles for Mexico after
the USA. However, in 2018, the market showed shrinkage of 19% resulting in a total export of 1.2 billion USD. Volkswagen India exports “Vento” model. General Motor’s Beat is sold as Spark in the Mexican market. Hyundai’s i10 Grand and Xcent, Ford’s Figo and Figo Aspire, and Maruti Suzuki’s Ciaz are also being exported to Mexico from their India based operations.
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In last few years, there have been few products, which have found new market in one, or the other country, noteworthy amongst them is the Ceramic products. In 2015, India sold only 4.325 million USD worth of commodity to Mexico and was13th biggest supplier to Mexican market. Following the efforts of Morbi Ceramics Association and the Commercial wing of the Embassy, the market for Indian product expanded. By 2017 we were selling 92.66 million USD worth of the commodity and had become the 3rd biggest supplier to this market. The exports shrunk to 79.76 million USD in 2018 but it is in the process of recovery.
Another such product has been footwear (including its parts). The Indian exports in footwear was 9.7 million USD in 2016 and India ranked 8th in the supplier’s group. The exports rose to 35.103 million USD in 2018 increasing by 262% in 2 years. It must be mentioned here that Council for Leather Industries (CLE) organized a Buyer-Seller Meet in the leather hub of Mexico – Leon, Guanajuato in November 2018 and would be returning again with more companies again in 2019, since the efforts are indeed paying off well.
Council for Leather Exports (CLE) organized a BSM in Leon – Nov, 2018
Market for glass containers has been rising constantly since at least 2013. In 2013, India exported this commodity worth 8 million USD which rose more than 100% to 20.5 million USD exports in 2018. While other trade partners showed shrinkage in this market, Indian share rose continuously, showing changing preference of Mexican consumer towards
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Indian product. The rising labor cost in China is also a factor. H.U.T. is one big established Indian business enterprise in Mexico which imports much of this product from India. Overall, under the product category of glass and glasswares Indian exports rose from 10 million USD in 2016 to 16.95 million USD – almost 70%.
100 Indian companies participated in Expo Ferreterra, Guadalajara in Sept, 2017
Exports in pharmaceutical products, which suffered shrinkage of market in 2017 compared in 2016 showed recovery in 2018. In 2016, we exported goods worth 95.94 million which shrunk to 77 million USD in 2017 but expanded to 120 mil-
lion USD in 2018 showing 56% increase compared to the previous year. This can be a potential sector for India where we are presently facing competition primarily from European countries.
There are new products which are still trying to find market in Mexico. One such product is agglomerated iron ore, in which Indian export to the tune of 7.56 million USD has been seen only in 2018. Some products like dried chilies lost market to Peru and China, shrinking exports from 25 million USD in 2017 to zero in 2018 because of the suspension imposed by the Ministry of Agriculture of Mexico in May 2017. In the same period the Mexican global imports rose from 64 million to 91 million USD.
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From the Mexican side…
Mexico has been an important supplier of crude oil for India. In fact, India is the third biggest market of Mexican crude oil. Mexico exported 3.73 billion USD of crude oil with an increase of 36% over the previous year. Mexico’s export to India in this commodity has always been rising. However, in terms
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of value it shows fluctuation because of international prices. In 2010, Mexico exported 8.36 million barrels, which rose continuously to 50.89 million barrels in 2017. Unfortunately, the Mexican export basket is not very diversified and 75% of the basket is occupied by crude oil.
There are still some noteworthy products from the Mexican basket. For example, Iron and Steel exports from Mexico is picking up. The export was worth 10 million USD in 2016, which rose to 24 million in 2018. Mexico also exported cooper ores and concentrates worth 30.9 million USD exploring a completely fresh market in this product.
Trade Delegations
One of the greatest boosters of trade between the two countries has been the constant flow of trade missions from India to Mexico. In the recent years, Mexico has seen over 300 Indian companies visiting and exploring the market almost every year. There has been regular participation from Indian delegations in some of the most reputed expo of Mexico – like InterModa, Expo Ferreterra, Expo Plastimagen and Expo CIHAC. The Embassy supports the trade mission in all possible ways. Moreover, CII, FICCI and TPCI have an agreement of cooperation with biggest chamber of commerce of Mexico – COMCE. The recently revived India Mexico Business
There is a potential for export of products like silver and maize/corn which has not yet been explored by Mexico in India. Export of products like tequila and gold has a huge potential for growth, however, it depends upon the outlook of the Mexican government.
Chamber is going be an added force for the trade missions visiting Mexico from India. From Mexico, the Commercial Wing has nominated and sent over 30 businessmen to various events and Expositions of India. Besides, there have been high levl delegations in various sectors as well. In 2017, several delegation visited India including the head of COFEPRIS (Drugs regulatory authority of Mexico), CEO ProMexico (national investment promotion agency of Mexico), the Governor of the state of Nuevo Leon. Recently in February 2018, the Minister of Energy of Mexico visited India and participated in Petrotech 2019.
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Investments
Indian companies consider Mexico as a major investment destination with access to NAFTA and Latin America. Several Indian companies have already invested in Mexico in recent years. The three strongest performing areas for Indian investments in Mexico are information technology, pharmaceuticals and automotive sectors. India has a total investment of more than 3 billion dollars in various sectors. In auto sector, Mahindra and Mahindra has made an investment of 10 million dollars recently to setup a plant in Aguascalientes. Besides, we have JK Tyres which acquired Tornel earlier. Spark Minda, Uno Minda, Samvardhan Motherson Group, RSB Transmission, Varroc Lightings and Bajaj are some other names in this sector. In Information Technology, some of the big names are Infosys, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services etc. In pharmaceutical sector, we have Dr. Reddy’s laboratories, Sun pharma, Hetero laboratories etc. In total there are over 180 Indian companies in different sectors in Mexico. Recently, the manufacturing plant of Parle products was inaugurated in State of Mexico. Indian companies are presently creating jobs for over 30,000 Mexicans in different sectors. To improve our foothold in Mexico, the Embassy in association with PWC Mexico has brought out a publication on Doing Business in Mexico for Indian companies.
Leading Mexican companies like Cinepolis and Kidzania in entertainment sector, Tremec, Metalsa and Nemak in autoparts sector, Softec in IT, and Ruhrpumpen in infrastructure sector have likewise invested in India. NEMAK the autoparts maker, which is part of the ALFA Group of Mexico has invested US $ 11 million in a manufacturing facility in Chennai. SOFTTEK, an IT company from Monterrey recently become the first Latin American company to invest in the service sector in India, when it invested US $ 26 million in acquiring an Indian company in Bangalore. Great Foods & Beverages of Mexico has invested about US $10 million in India and has a great future for its fruit chill bars and noodles. From Mexico, the biggest investment in 2017 was made by Grupo Bimbo. They acquired a major stake in Ready Roti company, the brand holder of Harvest Gold. The cement giant CEMEX has also shown inclination for investing in India. Mexico is an important trade partner because of our old political relations and cultural proximity as well. The Indian community in Mexico is rising and because of the increasing tourist flow and Indian investments. There is a increasing people-to-people exchanges which ultimately lead to better business ties. The two countries have a great potential to prosper together. India is today seen in Mexico as big destination for trade diversification. Likewise, Mexico now being the biggest trade partner of India in Latin America is seen with great potential.
(Ashwani Kumar, Economic and Commercial Representative com.mexico@mea.gov.in, 5531-1050 Ext 324, 117, 321)
India-Mexico Business Seminar
A business seminar on ´India-Mexico Privileged Partnership´ was organised in Monterrey on 13 March 2019. Ambassador Muktesh Pardeshi shared his thoughts on India-Mexico relations. Mr. Lorenzo Aguilar, Sub-secretary of Investment and Industrial Development of the Government of Nuevo Leon spoke on the potential areas of engagement
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between India and Nuevo Leon; Mr. Dennis Muzza from Infosys on the Indian IT industry, Mr. Adolfo Lamadrid from Metalsa on their experience in India and Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Commercial Representative on Doing Business with India. Mr. Mario Laborin, India's Honorary Consul moderated the event.
Oil and Gas Alliance
Ambassador Muktesh Pardeshi participated as a speaker in the Expo event organised by Oil and Gas Alliance and the Government of Tabasco on 28 March. He highlighted that India is 3rd biggest crude oil buyer from Mexico and looks
forward to continuing this relationship. Minister of Energy of Mexico had visited India in February 2019 to attend Petrotech 2019 organised by MoPNG.
India-Mexico Bilateral Committee at COMCE
Ambassador Muktesh Pardeshi participated in a meeting of the India- Mexico Bilateral Committee at COMCE National on 29 March 2019 which was co-chaired by Mr. Jorge Lopez Morton, National Vice President of COMCE. The meeting
was also attended by Ms. Dora Rodriguez, Director General, Minister of Economy of Mexico. In January this year, COMCE took a delegation of 6 members for Indus Food expo. India in Mexico • March 2019
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Kathak Presentation
Ms. Jaya Sharma, a visiting artist, gave a wonderful dance performance of Kathak, an Indian classical dance on March 22. The celebrations of Holi continued with the audience enjoying her presentation.
Cumbre Tajín 2019
With Totonaca culture as host and protagonist, two decades ago the first edition of the Cumbre Tajín Festival was held in Papantla, Veracruz. Thus, the spring equinox of the year 2000 marked a new stage for cultural dialogues, starting with the creation of the most important cultural event for the indigenous identities of Mexico and America. Today, Cumbre Tajín celebrates twenty years as the main meeting point for the dialogue between identities. Ms Diti Kirit Vora, Yoga Teacher in the Gurudev Tagore In-
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Students of GTICC performed at Charity Event organized by the Asian Women’s Cub of Mexico City
Students of Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre gave an Indian Classical dance performance at a Charity Event organized by the Asian Women's Club of Mexico City at Royal India Restaurant in Mexico City on March 26.
dian Cultural Centre participated in this year’s edition with sessions and workshops on Yoga. She also took part in conferences of traditional methods of healing from across the world.
1er Encuentro Nacional International Festival for Cultural de Jóvenes Lectores Ethnic Groups y Escritores
San Felipe del Progreso in the State of Mexico organized the first International Festival for Ethnic Groups. 11 countries, 18 ethnic groups as well as the Governor of the State of Mexico, Alfredo Del Mazo participated in this edition. India participated with the Bollywood Dance artistes from the Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre.
Gandhi@150
Belize-a small island country in Central America did not lag behind in paying its tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. Mr. Chandriu Sadaranagani and a band of local singers rendered the favorite Bhajan of Gandhi – Vaishnav Jan To in their chorus. Here is the link!
El primer Encuentro Nacional de Jóvenes Lectores y Escritores se llevó a cabo en el auditorio Gota de Plata, en Pachuca, Hidalgo el 22 de Marzo. Participaron representantes culturales y promotores de la lectura de al menos 22 estados del país y busca promover el acercamiento de la lectura con las nuevas generaciones. En esta ocasión India fue el país invitado y participó con un gran repertorio artístico y actuaciones brillantes que fueron muy aplaudidas por la audiencia.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P4gSGRXUlQo1P5zJxwoE5GNaALrSADro/view?fbclid=IwAR3FdeFZjABGHtSLtUV0pEsz-bDb09snMe4qwtA4jZca8dwkE5oNLE9sTKI India in Mexico • March 2019
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Showcasing the Mexican ‘Textiles of Chiapas’ at Delhi
The Mexican Embassy along with CD Foundation bring the “Textiles of Chiapas”, an event that will showcase traditional Mexican dresses from the state of CHIAPAS in Mexico. This one-day event was part of the ongoing International Fashion and Food Festival on 8th March, 2019 at Eros Hotel, Nehru Place, New Delhi. The cultural richness of Mexico is characterized by the kaleidoscope of colours reflected in the vast diversity in the form of dressing, depending on the region and the occasion. To know about the clothing of Mexico is synonymous to learning a little more about different regions, culture and ethnic groups. Since ancient times, their attire is representative of their identity, and origin of world and their relationship with nature. The designs used for weaving and embroidery by Mexican women, reflects the spirit of Mexico which is a testimony to the knowledge passed on from one generation to another.
Ambassador visited the oldest winery in Mexico, Casa Madero
Ambassador Muktesh Pardeshi visited the oldest winery in Mexico, Casa Madero located in the Valley of Parras in the state of Coahuila. The tradition began in the year 1574 when Spanish priests and conquerors left Zacatecas to what is now Coahuila in search of gold, in the middle of the desert they found no gold, but a true oasis with springs of water and a great profusion of wild vines. This privileged valley is known today as the Valley of Parras. This discovery motivated them to establish the Mission of Santa Maria de las Parras and with the grapes of these native vineyards they produced there the first American wine.
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NATIONAL BOOK TRUST Creating a reading society “Books and culture are inseparable. The world of books is unique. Books have their own fragrance and to appreciate it, we need to read books……”
THE MANDATE National Book Trust (NBT) is an Indian publishing house. It is an autonomous body established by the Government of India (Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development) in the year 1957. NBT, headed by its Chairman, Prof. Govind Prasad Sharma, is the apex body for promotion of books and developing reading habit in the country. The objectives of the NBT are to produce and encourage the production of good literature in English, Hindi and other Indian languages and to make such literature available at moderate prices to the public and to bring out book catalogues, arrange book fairs/exhibitions and seminars and take all necessary steps to make the people book minded. WHAT DOES NBT PUBLISH? NBT is mandated to publish (a) the classical literature of India (b) outstanding works of Indian authors in Indian languages and their translation from one Indian language to another (c) translation of outstanding books from foreign languages and (d) outstanding books of modern knowledge for popular diffusion. The major activities of NBT include publishing of nontextbooks, organizing Book Fairs, Book Exhibitions, conducting literary events, activities for children, training in publishing throughout the country, participating in International Book Fairs to promote Indian literature, providing financial assistance to NGOs, Authors or Publishers’ bodies to organize various book promotional activities to encourage promotion of books and reading. The NBT publishes general books which include works of fiction, books on social sciences, medical science and cutting edge technology for all segments of society and for all age-groups. The NBT also publishes a wide variety of books for children and post -literacy reading material for new-literates. Moderately priced, NBT publishes books under different series in English and in all major Indian languages of India.
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NBT pays special attention to those genres which are not adequately covered by other publishers. These relate to books on science &technology, environment, the land and people of India, and the books in Braille; designed especially for the general reader. PROMOTION OF BOOKS AND READING
The New Delhi World Book Fair is the flagship project of the NBT and the largest book event in the Afro-Asian region. Over the last four decades the New Delhi World Book Fair has earned itself a high reputation among international publishers. Organised annually, the Fair engages the booklovers in lively conversations, creative workshops, serious discussions, interesting authors’ meets, publishing conferences, B2B seminars, cultural programmes and some of the most new and exciting writings that have appeared across the world. At its 2019 edition in January, Sharjah was the Guest of Honour. For the publishing industry, which has been registering a steady growth in the last few decades, the Fair provides a unique business opportunity and an ideal venue for promoting titles, exchange of copyrights and co-publishing arrangements. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME FOR TRANSLATION NBT has set up a NBT Financial Assistance Programme (NBT FAP), a dedicated Rights Exchange Programme that will pursue translation of Indian books into foreign languages. Under this initiative, the Trust will provide financial support to foreign publishers who are interested in translating Indian works. ASSISTANCE TO AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS
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Promote the publication of reasonably priced books for higher education, NBT gives financial assistance to authors and publishers of textbooks and reference material. Under this scheme for the subsidized publication of books, only such books are subsidized for which a definite need is felt and which relate to subject areas where books of an acceptable standard are either not available or are so expensive as to be beyond the means of the students. So far, NBT has subsidized the publication of more than a thousand titles, mostly in English. The scope of the scheme has been widened to provide assistance for such publications in Indian languages. E-BOOKS The NBT is now into e-publishing, with about 100 of its tiles available in the e-format (e-pub 3.0), mainly intended to cater to the demands of Indian Diaspora and tech-savvy youth. The e-books are available in English, Hindi as well as in other Indian languages and can be accessed through Android enabled devices such as mobiles, tablets, etc. PROMOTION OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
The National Centre for Children's Literature (NCCL) was established by the NBT in 1993 to monitor, coordinate, plan and aid the publication children's literature in various Indian languages. The NCCL is engaged in organizing workshops, exhibitions and promoting the habit of reading at the school level by encouraging the setting up of Readers' Clubs. Till date about 35,000 Readers' Club have been established across various schools in the country. NBT's children's books are known for their illustrations, by illustrators such as Pulak Biswas, Jagdish Joshi, Mrinal Mitra, Subir Roy, Atanu Roy, Manjula Padmanabhan, Mickey Patel and Suddhasattwa Basu. Painters Jatin Das and Krishen Khanna have also illustrated books for the Trust. TAKING INDIAN LITERARY HERITAGE TO THE WORLD
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As the nodal agency for the promotion of books overseas, the NBT participates in various international book fairs and puts up exhibitions to display select titles brought out by various Indian publishers. Since 1970, NBT has participated in various international book fairs including Frankfurt, Bologna, Jerusalem, Guadalajara, Seoul, Sharjah, Beijing, Colombo, Tokyo, Bangkok, Jakarta, Minsk, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Warsaw, Nigeria, Kathmandu, Manila, London, Karachi, Dhaka and Lahore. India's Guest of Honour Presentations at Frankfurt (2006), Moscow (2009), Beijing (2010) and Seoul (2013), were organized by NBT. NBT is the nodal agency for coordination of India’s participation as Guest of Honour at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), 2019 in Mexico and Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, 2019.
Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), 2019
Guadalajara International Book Fair is the largest book fair in the Spanish speaking world. India is going to be the Guest of Honour at the 33rd edition of the Book Fair in Nov-Dec 2019. It is the first time an Asian country will be the Guest of Honour at FIL and India has the unique distinction of being the first. NBT will be the nodal agency, managing the India Pavilion, and implementing and coordinating literary and academic programmes, including seminars, discussions, reading sessions, and authors' presentations.
PROMOTION OF BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES To promote Indian writings abroad, NBT has initiated a ‘Financial Assistance Programme’ where NBT provides suitable incentive to foreign publishers in the form of financial assistance for translation of original Indian writings published by Indian publishers in English, Hindi and other Indian languages into foreign languages. The programme covers broad categories of fiction, non-fiction, science & technology, and books for children. NEW INITIATIVES In 2017, the National Book Trust celebrated 60 years of its foundation. Some of the new outreach programmes initiated as part of the celebration are National Panchayat Book Fair, National Sanskrit Book Fair, Promotion of Indian Diaspora Writings, and Collaboration with National Institute of Design.
Promotion of Writings of Indian Diaspora Under this project, NBT would be publishing select works and anthologies of Indian diaspora, settled all over the world, in a phased manner.
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Es Mario Laborín Cónsul de la India.
Becan a oaxaqueño para estudiar dos años en la India
A sus 17 años Álvaro Emilio Galván Sandoval tiene claro qué quiere para su vida profesional y él mismo encontró el medio para forjar ese futuro. De entre 700 aspirantes obtuvo una de las 18 becas que en este año otorga el Colegio del Mundo Unido en México para que estudie su bachillerato en la India. Para el joven de origen oaxaqueño que desde hace dos años radica en Aguascalientes con su familia, la beca la ve como una llave para abrir puertas en su desarrollo profesional, el aprendizaje y maneras diversas de entender el mundo. Eso se entiende porque a partir de agosto vivirá en Mahindra United World College of India, un internado internacional que desde 1997 se estableció en 175 hectáreas de reserva ecológica de Maharashtra, India. Como él, otros 120 jóvenes de entre 16 y 19 años y provenientes de igual número de países se sumarán a otros 80 que nacieron en la India. Juntos cursarán sus estudios preuniversitarios, aprendiendo a la vez, unos de otros. Fascinación por conocer el mundo De la mano de su padre Mario, a los 12 años Álvaro conoció España, Inglaterra y Francia. Cuando tenía 15 años su tía Ana lo llevó a visitar Nueva York. A esa edad ya dominaba el inglés gracias a que cursó su educación primaria en una escuela particular bilingüe, en la ciudad de Oaxaca. “Es una historia un poco rara”, cuenta del otro lado del teléfono y acepta que cuando lo intentó, la convocatoria ya había
cerrado, pero la espero para abril de 2018. La primera etapa fue mandar sus documentos. En total sumaron 700 los aspirantes de todo el país. Una primera selección redujo ese número a 500. Todos se presentaron en la Ciudad de México para un examen de exploración del nivel académico. Un nuevo recorte lo dejó entre 60 aspirantes que se conocieron un fin de semana en actividades donde resultaron seleccionados 30 para entrevistas con sinodales. Al final 18 mexicanos iŕan a las sedes que el Colegio del Mundo Unido tiene en 17 países. Álvaro estará en la India con una beca de más del 90 por ciento de los 760 mil pesos anuales que cuesta el internado, por su alto nivel académico. “Yo quiero convertirme en servidor público”, pero antes en sus planes está el estudiar la licenciatura en economía en una Universidad de la Ciudad de México. Lo dejan volar Una vez que Álvaro suba al avión que en agosto lo llevará a la India, su padre Mario Galván Ariza, licenciado en filosofía y maestro en comunicación, tiene claro que significa que “ya se va de la casa” porque “Siempre ha sido muy maduro, le ha gustado platicar con gente grande que con niños, los recreos en la primaria los iba a pasar con la encargada de la biblioteca en lo que sus compañeros jugaban, esta idea de estudiar en el extranjero siempre le ha atraído”, dice con orgullo y sentimientos muy encontrados por un logro que “se veía venir”. Su madre Arlette Sandoval Bolaños, licenciada en enseñanza en lenguas extranjeras por la Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, también está orgullosa, pero no porque su hijo mayor vaya a vivir dos años en la India, sino porque sabe lo que quiere y lo ha conseguido. “La idea de la educación no es lograr que mis dos hijos se vayan a estudiar al extranjero, sino que se conozcan y descubran lo que les haga feliz. Lo que más orgullo me da es que él sabe supo qué quería y lo consiguió”, dice con seguridad. India in Mexico • March 2019
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El Ejemplo indio Alejandro Hope India es universo. Más de tres millones de kilómetros cuadrados, mil trescientos millones de habitantes, cinco mil años de historia y cultura, todas las religiones del planeta. Su sistema política es reflejo de esa complejidad: 29 estados, siete territorios, casi 800 legisladores en dos cámaras legislativas, siete partidos nacionales, 24 partidos estatales. Lo mismo vale para su aparato de seguridad: tan solo a nivel federal, cuenta con siete corporaciones policiales, además de nueve agencias de inteligencia e investigación. A esto hay que añadirle 29 policías estatales y una multitud de policías locales y metropolitanas. Pero, en medio de esa diversidad, hay elementos unificadores. Uno es particularmente notable: el Servicio Indio de Policía (IPS por sus siglas en inglés). El IPS es un cuerpo de élite que provee mandos a todas las policías del país. Surgió como a una institución del periodo colonial británico, pero fue conservado en la India independiente. El ingreso al IPS es altamente competitivo. Es necesario contar con un título universitario y aprobar una serie de difíciles exámenes de admisión. Aproximadamente, 0.2% de los candidatos que se inscriben al proceso cada año ingresan al IPS. Una vez admitidos, los reclutas deben pasar un año en la academia nacional de policía. Después de ese año, los nuevos oficiales tienen un periodo de prueba de un año en una corporación federal, un cuerpo estatal o una policía metropolitana. Los ascensos posteriores dependen de una evaluación rigurosa de aptitudes y desempeño. Una vez asignados a una policía estatal o metropolitana, los oficiales del IPS dependen operativa y administrativamente de la jurisdicción correspondiente. Sin embargo, son rotados periódicamente para tratar de limitar el control de políticos locales sobre los mandos policiales. Ese sistema no es perfecto. Los conflictos entre el IPS y los gobiernos estatales son endémicos. En años recientes, se ha tendido a debilitar la independencia del IPS y a fortalecer el control de los políticos locales sobre la policía. Asimismo, el profesionalismo de los mandos no se ha trasladado a grados inferiores de las corporaciones, donde prevalecen la corrupción y el uso excesivo de la fuerza. No obstante, esta peculiar institución india demuestra que, en un sistema político federal, es posible combinar el control
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operativo local sobre las policías con la centralización de algunos procesos administrativos. En México, llevamos más de una década debatiendo la ubicación del mando operativo de las policías, ya sea en los estados o en los municipios. Pero lo importante no es la ubicación del mando, sino la calidad de las policías. Hemos intentado infructuosamente forzar a gobiernos estatales y municipales a reformar a sus corporaciones. Tal vez sea momento de intentar un proceso de reforma nacional. ¿Qué significaría en la práctica? Crear un cuerpo nacional de policía. Varios procesos administrativos de las policías pasarían a ser responsabilidad federal. Por ejemplo, el recultamiento de los policías, en vez de dejarse a estados y municipios, podría hacerse a nivel central. Lo mismo para la formación: se podría establecer una academia nacional, con campus regionales, que forme a todos los policías del país. Se podría crear un instituto de seguridad social para personal policial y ministerial, a la manera del que existe para las Fuerzas Armadas. Para llegar ahí, se podría empezar por formar centralmente a los mandos y garantizar un liderazgo homogéneo y altamente profesional en todas las corporaciones. Para eso, no tenemos que voltera a Europa o Estados Unidos como modelo. Allí está India como ejemplo. Si ellos pueden, ¿por qué nosotros no?
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India-Mexico bilateral trade breaks record; touches $10 billion India’s ambassador to Mexico Muktesh Pardeshi, says that Indian companies prefer Mexico as a major investment destination with access to NAFTA and Latin America. For the first time ever, India-Mexico bilateral trade has crossed $10 billion in 2018 making Mexico the most important trading partner of India in Latin American region surpassing Brazil. In the last one decade, the total trade has increased 240% out of which 58% came in the last two years since 2016. There has been an upward swing in the relations between the two countries after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mexico in June 2016, when both countries decided to upgrade the bilateral relations to the level of “Strategic Partnership”. In 2008, the total trade amounted to $2.98 billion. India’s ambassador to Mexico Muktesh Pardeshi, says that Indian companies prefer Mexico as a major investment destination with access to NAFTA and Latin America. These companies prefer to invest in three strong sectors in Mexico including information technology, pharmaceuticals and automotive sectors. Overall, India has a total investment of more than $3 billion in various sectors. The trade has increased from $6.4 billion in 2016 to $10.16 billion in 2018, when a decade ago India was not even amongst the top 20 trading partners of Mexico but in 2018, India figures as 9th most important global trading partner. India entered the league of top 10 trading partners of Mexico in 2017. The major item of export from India has been vehicles and auto-parts since 2012, in 2018, India sold only $1.7 billion worth of commodity. India is the second biggest supplier of motorcars and other transport vehicles for Mexico after the US. However, according to Pardeshi, in 2018, the market indicated shrinkage of 19% resulting in a total export of $1.2 billion. Volkswagen India exports “Vento” model. General Motor’s Beat is sold as Spark in the Mexican market. Hyundai’s i10 Grand and Xcent, Ford’s Figo and Figo Aspire, and Maruti Suzuki’s Ciaz are also being exported to Mexico from their India based operations. Pharmaceutical is one sector where Indian companies are facing tough competition from the European companies. Exports in pharmaceutical products, which suffered shrinkage of market in 2017 compared in 2016 showed recovery in 2018. From $ 77 million in 2017, it shot up to $120 million in
2018 showing 56% increase compared to the previous year. For 2018, the trade balance was $308 million in India’s favour and Indian exports registered a 4.2% growth from $ 5.02 billion to $ 5.231 billion in 2018. India’s total imports registered 47% growth while only the non-oil imports registered 65% growth from Mexico, and growth in exports suffered primarily because of the suspension on dry chilies import by Mexico since May, 2017, a market of at least $50 million for India. https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/india-mexico-bilateral-trade-breaks-record-touches-10-billion/1535864/?fbclid=IwAR3KLskOuiO7lnCKIpHU4TAVDZOGU_-3lUCW9nRBm9QPBDB7dclRR3S-_MQ
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Comercio entre India y México alcanza 10 mil millones de dólares
Nueva Delhi, 3 abr (Prensa Latina) Por primera vez, el comercio entre India y México superó los 10 mil millones de dólares en 2018, convirtiendo al país latinoamericano en el socio comercial más importante de la nación surasiática en América Latina, superando a Brasil. En la última década, el comercio total aumentó un 240 por ciento, del cual más de la mitad se produjo en los últimos dos años. Hay un cambio ascendente en las relaciones entre los dos países después de la visita del primer ministro Narendra Modi a México en junio de 2016, cuando ambos decidieron mejorar las relaciones bilaterales al nivel de asociación estratégica, reflejó el periódico Financial Express. El embajador de la India en México, Muktesh Pardeshi, dijo que las empresas indias prefieren a México como un importante destino de inversión con acceso a América Latina. Estas empresas prefieren invertir en tres sectores fuertes en México, incluidos los de tecnología de la información, farmacéuticos y automotriz. En general, la India tiene una inversión total de más de tres mil millones en diversos sectores. El comercio aumentó de 6,4 mil millones de dólares en 2016 a 10,16 mil millones en 2018, cuando hace una década India no estaba ni siquiera entre los 20 principales socios comerciales de México. La industria farmacéutica es un sector donde las empresas indias enfrentan una dura competencia de las compañías europeas. Las exportaciones de productos farmacéuticos, que sufrieron una contracción del mercado en 2017 comparado con 2016, mostraron una recuperación en 2018. Para 2018 la balanza comercial fue de 308 millones a favor de India, cuyas exportaciones registraron un crecimiento del 4.2 por ciento, de 5,02 mil millones a 5,231 millones en 2018.
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Hay potencial en materia de energía en el sureste: Embajador
Una relación ascendente en materia cultural y de intercambio comercial, es la que se espera entre la India y México para los próximos años, consideró Muktesh K. Pardeshi. Embajador de la India en México. El diplomático visitó ayer la ciudad de Villahermosa para estar presente en un foro petrolero, y posteriormente, fue recibido por el gobernador del estado, Adán Augusto López Hernández. Previamente, tuvo un encuentro con la Secretaría para el Desarrollo Económico y Competitividad (SEDEC), Mayra Elena Jacobo Priego y con Ricardo Ortega, director general de Oil and Gas Alliance, quien lo invitó a estar presente en la clausura de un foro petrolero que se lleva a cabo en la entidad. En entrevista, el diplomático dijo que la relación comercial entre México y su país ha crecido mucho en los últimos años. “La relación está creciendo mucho, ahora India es el país número 8 en término de comercio con México, y es de 10 mil millones de dólares el comercio entre los dos países”, afirmó. Asimismo, reconoció los lazos en materia cultural que son importantes para ambos pueblos; “India fue país invitado en la Feria Internacional del Libro este año y fue invitado de honor en el Festival Cervantino el año pasado”. Asimismo, consideró que la región sureste del país, y en especial Tabasco tienen mucho potencial en materia de energía, aunque reconoció que no conocía esta parte del país. “Para mí es primera vez en este estado y creo que hay mucho potencial en energía, pero también, en comercio entre los estados de esta región y la India”, expresó. En el ámbito político, dijo que se ha establecido con la nueva administración federal un diálogo regular, de mucho acercamiento con el gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a quien le desea el mejor de los éxitos. Sobre el cambio de administración, señaló: “Bueno, el cambio es un derecho de los mexicanos, pero como país tenemos que trabajar los dos países en forma conjunta”. Agregó que ambos países han colaborado estrechamente en la mayoría de los grandes temas globales, como el desarme nuclear, el cambio climático, el comercio y la arquitectura económica mundial, pero sin olvidar el turismo y la parte cultural.
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